Countries where authors publish in Mission Studies
Since Specialization
Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Mission Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Mission Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Mission Studies more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Mission Studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Mission Studies.
About Mission Studies
The 430 papers published in Mission Studies in the last decades have received a total of 979 indexed citations . Papers published in Mission Studies usually cover Religious studies (259 papers), Sociology and Political Science (276 papers), General Social Sciences (12 papers), Geography, Planning and Development (13 papers) and Anthropology (22 papers) specifically the topics of Christian Theology and Mission (228 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (222 papers), Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (111 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (48 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (29 papers), African cultural and philosophical studies (17 papers), Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (12 papers) and Religious Education and Schools (12 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Mission Studies are Susan Smith, Amos Yong, Ogbu U. Kalu, Nelus Niemandt, Joerg Rieger, Joel Robbins, Susan Smith, Robert Schreiter, Fides del Castillo and Peter C. Phan.
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